Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to reply to the letter to her predecessor of 19 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. J Harris.

Jim Knight: I refer my right hon. Friend to the replies given on 11 May 2009 and 21 May 2009,  Official Report, columns 571W and 1502W.

Unemployment

Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have registered as unemployed at Jobcentre Plus in the last six months.

Jim Knight: holding answer 8 June 2009
	The available information is in the following table:
	
		
			  Job seekers allowance—on-flows onto JSA for the last six months—Great Britain 
			  Date  On-flow  Off-flow  Net difference 
			 November 2008 350,920 265,555 85,365 
			 December 2008 288,192 191,255 96,937 
			 January 2009 290,785 163,585 127,200 
			 February 2009 474,127 298,035 176,092 
			 March 2009 336,234 272,085 64,149 
			 April 2009 311,697 276,360 35,337 
			  Notes: 1. This information is published on the Nomis website at: www.nomisweb.co.uk 2. Off-flow data are rounded to the nearest five.  Source: Count of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (computer held cases only).

Air Force: Military Aircraft

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many cannibalisations of each type of RAF aircraft there have been in  (a) each year since 2005 and  (b) the last 12 months.

Quentin Davies: The information requested covers a large number of aircraft and will take some time to collate. I will write to the hon. Member when this work is complete.
	 Substantive answer from Quentin Davies to Liam Fox:
	I undertook to write to you in response to your Parliamentary Question of the 17 June 2009, (Official Report, column 334W) about the number of cannibalisations undertaken, broken down by each type of RAF aircraft, in each year since 2005 and in each of the last 12 months, once officials had completed collating the data.
	As I am sure you will be aware, cannibalisation is where one aircraft benefits from the removal of serviceable parts from another. It is a routine and temporary measure to ensure that the maximum number of aircraft is available for front line duty.
	The number of cannibalisations in each year since 2005 broken down by aircraft is provided in the following table.
	
		
			   2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Harrier (all types) 530 505 862 924 
			 Tornado GR4 1,863 2,048 1,838 2,012 
			 Tornado F3(1) 872 667 667 238 
			 Typhoon 243 542 540 621 
			 Nimrod MR2 510 224 344 151 
			 Nimrod R1 48 61 41 69 
			 Sea King 270 204 115 126 
			 Tristar 154 182 126 90 
			 VC10 177 82 167 148 
			 Hercules C130K 203 167 185 207 
			 Hercules C130J 662 691 591 541 
			 Sentinel R1(2) — — 7 36 
			 Sentry 51 140 81 95 
			 BAe 125 58 49 23 46 
			 BAe146 8 9 17 15 
			 C17 40 45 39 39 
			 Dominie 161 95 46 53 
			 Hawk 415 398 241 135 
			 Tucano 4 8 32 34 
			 Vigilant 10 29 20 24 
			 Viking 4 1 2 0 
			 (1) The drop in cannibalisations for the Tornado F3 in 2008 is due to the drawdown of the force and its replacement by Typhoon. (2) Sentinel R1 did not enter service with the RAF until 2007. 
		
	
	The number of cannibalisations in each of the last 12 months broken down by aircraft is provided in the following table.
	
		
			   2008  2009 
			   Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May 
			 Harrier (all types) 82 71 58 102 89 75 61 91 45 88 55 78 
			 Tornado GR4 172 188 132 140 158 198 160 178 163 194 104 119 
			 Tornado F3 27 13 10 11 9 10 7 5 5 7 10 0 
			 Typhoon 44 61 47 59 61 36 53 36 55 80 55 22 
			 Nimrod MR2 16 7 17 14 8 8 8 5 18 14 2 6 
			 Nimrod R1 0 2 3 1 0 4 2 10 9 7 2 3 
			 Sea King 10 21 14 17 12 15 12 9 13 13 16 12 
			 Tristar 6 5 16 3 4 0 7 3 5 6 9 1 
			 VC10 14 6 6 10 19 13 10 3 4 14 7 3 
			 Hercules C130K 35 16 13 25 21 15 11 12 15 9 8 11 
			 Hercules C130J 66 48 33 57 55 37 33 42 15 24 34 17 
			 Sentinel R1(1) — — — — 2 2 12 10 7 2 4 8 
			 Sentry 4 9 3 5 7 1 3 5 3 2 13 6 
			 BAe 125 2 13 4 2 4 2 0 4 7 10 1 2 
			 BAe 146 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 5 1 0 4 0 
			 C17 3 7 5 4 3 5 4 1 3 5 3 4 
			 Dominie 17 11 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 
			 Hawk 13 14 5 7 13 14 11 13 22 37 13 26 
			 Tucano 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 
			 Vigilant 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 
			 Viking 0 D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 1. Sentinel R1 figures for June to September 2008 are not available

Departmental Training

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 2 April 2009,  Official Report, columns 1457-61W, on departmental training, what service was provided by OASIS training.

Shaun Woodward: Oasis is the Northern Ireland Office in-house IT network infrastructure, providing a platform for e-mail and general administration tools.

Ministerial Duties: Working Hours

John Redwood: To ask the Leader of the House how many hours she spent on her ministerial duties in the week commencing 21 June 2009.

Harriet Harman: I was on ministerial duty at all times.

Ministerial Duties: Working Hours

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Leader of the House how many hours between 4 May 2009 and 5 June 2009 each Minister in her Office who is also a Member of the House worked.

Harriet Harman: Ministers spend as much time as necessary to fulfil their ministerial duties.

Committee on Climate Change: Buildings

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will place in the Library a copy of the  (a) Display Energy Certificate and  (b) advisory report for the offices of the Committee on Climate Change at Manning House, Carlisle Place.

David Kidney: The CCC leases the fourth floor of Manning House and does not have control over the management of the building. The building managers have not as yet applied for a display energy certificate or advisory report to be undertaken, although the CCC has requested that this is done. We are therefore unable to place a copy of these in the House library. The CCC has installed carbon footprint trackers and is monitoring energy usage for its floor of the building. It has also applied to have an energy performance certificate produced for its offices. The CCC's corporate carbon management policy will be published in its annual report and accounts for 2008-09 which will be laid before both Houses' Libraries by 22 July 2009.

Forests

Angela Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what area and proportion of land in each forest district managed by Forestry Commission England which has potential for lowland heathland re-creation  (a) has been replanted with conifers since 2005 and  (b) is scheduled for conifer re-planting.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The potential area of lowland heath based on recent Forestry Commission surveys in each forest district and the area that has been replanted since 2005 is given in the following table. The area scheduled for replanting following clear felling is given based on the existing management plans to 2020. These plans are subject to revision in the light of new policy developments and any operational considerations such as wind damage, disease etc.
	
		
			   Potential lowland heathland  Potential l owland heathland replanted since 2005  Potential lowland heathland scheduled for conifer replanting up to 2020 
			  Forest  d istrict  Area (ha)  Area (ha)  Percentage of potential  Area (ha)  Percentage of potential 
			 Kielder FD 108 0 0.0 0 0 
			 North West England FD 0 0 0.0 0 0 
			 North York Moors FD 225 6 0.0 20 9 
			 Sherwood and Lincolnshire FD 4,733 108 0.8 527 11 
			 West Midlands FD 1,527 46 0.4 298 20 
			 Northamptonshire FD 32 0 0.0 0 0 
			 East Anglia FD 18,595 662 2.6 3,436 18 
			 Peninsular FD 0 0 0.0 0 0 
			 Forest of Dean FD(1) 367 4 0.0 58 16 
			 New Forest FD(2 )((Dorset)) 2,711 68 0.2 1,103 41 
			 South East England FD 1,135 23 0.1 279 25 
			 Total 29,433 917 0.4 5,721 19 
			 (1) The New Forest forest district includes land managed by the Forestry Commission in Dorset. The table does not include the SSSI/SPA/SAC designated land managed by the Forestry Commission in the New Forest national park. 2 The figures for the Forest of Dean forest district include land in Gloucestershire and the surrounding counties managed by the Forestry Commission. It does not include the area of the Forest of Dean's statutory inclosures.

Aviation: Fares

Greg Knight: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that air fares advertised by low-cost airlines accurately reflect the cost to the consumer.

Paul Clark: Regulation EC 1008/2008, which came into force last November, requires airlines to include in the advertised fare all applicable taxes, charges, surcharges and fees which are unavoidable and foreseeable at the time of publication. It also requires the existence of any optional price supplements to be clearly communicated at the start of the booking process. Department for Transport officials are working with the Civil Aviation Authority and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to establish an enforcement regime for the Regulation, which will include appropriate penalties for non-compliance. OFT has also taken successful action on all-inclusive pricing by airlines under existing consumer protection legislation.

Multi-Purpose Test Centres

Lembit �pik: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many  (a) collisions and  (b) collisions causing injuries occurred during motorcycle driving tests in the calendar year up to 28 April 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Paul Clark: The Driving Standards Agency report information on collisions during motorcycle driving tests in the calendar year up to 28 April 2009 as follows:
	
		
			  Period: 29 April 2008 to 28 April 2009 
			   Number 
			 Collisions not involving injury 39 
			 Collisions involving injury 42

Multi-Purpose Test Centres

Justine Greening: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of  (a) the cost to date of developing and constructing multi-purpose test centres and  (b) the cost of completing the remaining centres.

Paul Clark: The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has spent, up to the end of the 2008-09 financial year, a total of 51 million of capital funds (49.29 million on new DSA permanent centres; 1.12 million on shared with Vehicle and Operator Services Agency sites and 0.60 million on casual hire sites).
	The forecast final capital spend is 71 million which is in line with the agreed programme business case and budget.

Railways: Carbon Emissions

Charles Hendry: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operations of each rail franchise in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Chris Mole: The Department for Transport does not hold data in the form requested. The rail industry reports its traction related carbon emissions annually to the Office of Rail Regulation.
	In 2007-08, the most recent year for which figures are available, the rail industry reported combined freight and passenger traction carbon emissions of 3.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Of this 2.7 million tonnes relates to passenger operations. This information is found in Rolling National Rail Trends 2008-09 on the Office of Rail regulation website at:
	http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.2026

Financial Services: Crime

Mark Williams: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on infiltration of financial services firms by criminal groups;
	(2)  what steps his Department is taking to prevent organised criminal groups from infiltrating financial services firms; and if he will make a statement.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Ministers and officials meet the FSA on a regular basis to discuss a wide range of issues. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.
	The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has a statutory objective under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to reduce the extent to which it is possible for an authorised firm to be used for a purpose connected with financial crime. As part of that remit, the FSA has drawn attention to the financial crime risks posed by inadequate systems and controls for the recruitment of staff.
	All directors of financial services firms are required to satisfy the FSA that they are fit and proper persons when they apply for authorisation, and on an ongoing basis. The suitability of each individual person who performs a controlled function will be assessed by the FSA under the approved persons regime. In certain circumstances, the FSA may consider that the firm is not suitable because of doubts over the individual or collective suitability of persons connected with the firm.
	HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) also operate a fit and proper test for key individuals involved in the management and ownership of money service businesses and trust and company service businesses that must be registered with them for supervision under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007. If any key individual within the business is not found to be fit and proper HMRC will not register the business and the business must not operate.

Members: Correspondence

Oliver Heald: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 4 December 2008 from the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire (PO reference: 1/64303/2008).

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: A reply has been sent to the hon. Member.

Members: Correspondence

Edward Garnier: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to reply to the letter of 3 April 2009 from the hon. and learned Member for Harborough to the right hon. Member for Dudley South about Dr. R. and Mrs. W. Sindall of Oadby, Leicestershire.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: holding answer 16 June 2009
	A reply has been sent to the hon. Member.

Departmental Information Officers

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to his Department of press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since his Department was established.

Michael Wills: Since its inception on 9 May 2007, the Ministry incurred the following expenditure on press office staff other than press officers:
	
		
			  Financial year   
			 2008-09 150,337 
			 2007-08 76,167 
		
	
	Press Office staff other than press officers are interpreted as being secretarial and administrative staff. The increase in expenditure has occurred because it was recognised that, in the transition from the Department of Constitutional Affairs to the Ministry of Justice, the Press Office function needed to be enhanced to satisfactorily meet the demands placed upon it from all forms of media. As a major Department of state, the Ministry touches the lives of all citizens, and it is important that the public understands how taxpayers money is being used and the services that it provides. The Ministry's support and administrative staff working in press office are an integral part of the team, helping with daily operations and smooth running of the area.

National Probation Service for England and Wales: Secondment

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  whether any people seconded from the Probation Service to  (a) the National Offender Management Service and  (b) regional offender management services have been (i) offered permanent posts within the Director of Offender Management Structure and (ii) allocated to join a surplus employees' group;
	(2)  what his policy is on the secondment of Probation Service staff to the Prison Service;
	(3)  under what circumstances a prison establishment can opt out of arrangements to second Probation Service staff to prisons;
	(4)  what the average length of a Probation Service secondment to a prison was in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(5)  from which budget the salaries of Probation Service staff seconded to work in prisons in England and Wales are drawn;
	(6)  whether he plans to review the deployment of Probation Service staff to prisons in England and Wales.

Maria Eagle: Within the Ministry of Justice, prison and probation services in England and Wales have been brought together under the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), an executive agency. It is the agency's responsibility to ensure that the two services operate together to provide the most effective outcomes for offender management, to reduce crime and improve public protection. Each region now has its own Director of Offender Management (DOM), responsible for the operation of both services, and it has been an essential component of the restructuring arrangements that probation service staff continue to operate in prison establishments and to be seconded to NOMS headquarters (including to DOMS' offices).
	In particular, throughout the regional restructuring, there has been a clear recognition of the benefits in bringing together skills, competencies and experience from all parts of the new agency. Probation staff were selected for the posts generated by the restructure through established secondment arrangements. It is not possible for probation staff to apply for permanent positions in the civil service other than through open competition where the post is advertised externally. Probation staff are employees of probation areas and secondment arrangements ensure that an appropriate level of integration takes place.
	Probation staff work in prisons in the public and private sector under service level agreements (SLA) between the governor or director of each establishment and the chief officer of the local probation area. It is ultimately for the Director of Offender Management to commission the level of service that he or she considers to be appropriate within the region and to determine budget allocation. The budget for probation services provided within prisons is part of the prisons overall budget and the amount is designated by the governor of the prison.
	Information on the average length of deployment for probation staff to prison establishments is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. In respect of NOMS HQ, the current requirement of the Civil Service Commission is for secondments to be limited to a maximum of two years. This is currently being reviewed as the future structures with NOMS are developed.

Probation

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the caseload of the Probation Service in London was in each of the last five years.

Jack Straw: The total case load of offenders supervised by the probation service in London as at 31 December in each of the last four years (the latest figures available) is shown in the table.
	
		
			   Number 
			 2005 41,665 
			 2006 41,338 
			 2007 41,998 
			 2008 43,811 
		
	
	The 2008 figures are provisional and were published on 30 April 2009 in the Ministry of Justice statistics bulletin Probation statistics quarterly brief October to December 2008, England and Wales. Copies can be found in the Libraries of the House and may be accessed via the Ministry of Justice website:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/probationquarterly.htm
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Young Offender Institutions: Injuries

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of  (a) self-harm,  (b) injury caused by restraint and  (c) assault there were in each young offender institution in each of the last five years.

Maria Eagle: The annual numbers of recorded self-harm incidents for each of current, single-function young offender institution for each of the last five years is given in table 1.
	The National Offender Management Service has a broad, integrated and evidence-based prisoner suicide prevention and self-harm management strategy that seeks to reduce the distress of all those in prison. This encompasses a wide spectrum of Prison and Department of Health work around such issues as mental health, substance misuse and resettlement. Any prisoner identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm is cared for using the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) procedures. ACCT is the prisoner-centred flexible care-planning system introduced across the prisons estate in partnership with the Department of Health during 2005-07
	Most self-harm is not directly life threatening, but nevertheless can be extremely distressing for all those concerned. A prisoner-focused care planning system for those at risk, (ACCT), has helped prisons manage self-harm. There are no easy answers to preventing self harming behaviour but we remain committed to finding ways to manage it.
	
		
			  Table 1: Recorded self-harm in single-function young offender institutions, 2004-08 
			  Incidents 
			  Prison  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Ashfield 239 172 224 142 106 
			 Aylesbury 83 116 346 265 265 
			 Brinsford 23 73 102 86 87 
			 Castington 89 92 106 68 64 
			 Cookham Wood 163 197 144 216 55 
			 Deerbolt 59 104 131 99 138 
			 Feltham 161 144 126 221 210 
			 Glen Parva 217 232 149 249 231 
			 Hindley 46 156 71 41 81 
			 Huntercombe 73 69 67 86 95 
			 Lancaster Farms 15 92 153 21 5 
			 Northallerton 60 16 35 30 37 
			 Portland 119 110 161 174 80 
			 Reading 39 60 45 38 24 
			 Rochester 58 18 50 47 99 
			 Stoke Heath 250 192 217 227 325 
			 Thorn Cross 3 1 3 4 3 
			 Warren Hill 21 14 18 13 80 
			 Werrington 13 30 24 12 52 
			 Wetherby 60 .67 34 12 34 
		
	
	The information requested on the number of injuries caused by use of restraints is not held centrally in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. A Use of Force Report Form is completed by each member of staff involved in its use, to explain the circumstances in which force was used. Establishments are required to examine this information on a regular basis to determine if there any particular problems in relation to use of force or any resulting injuries. To obtain information on the number of injuries sustained during use of restraint would require contacting each young offender establishment and asking them to analyse their forms for every single use of force for the past five years.
	The number of assault incidents for each current, single-function young offender institution for each of the last five years is given in table 2.
	The information is subject to important qualifications. The NOMS Incident Reporting System processes high volumes of data which are constantly being updated. The numbers provide a good indication of overall numbers but should not be interpreted as absolute. Rises or falls in reported numbers from one year to the next are not a good indicator of an underlying trend for a particular prison. Additionally there have been improvements in reporting over the years, and this is reflected in the tables.
	Assault data are complex and the numbers need to be interpreted with caution. Information recorded as assault incidents may involve one or many prisoners as some assault incidents may involve more than one assailant or more than one victim. Additionally in a proportion of incidents only the victim is known.
	Reducing violence in prisons is a priority for Ministers, NOMS and the Prison Officers Association and they are collectively committed to working towards a zero tolerance approach to prison violence. Since 2004, a national strategy has directed every public sector prison to have in place a local violence reduction strategy and since mid 2007 this has been applied to the public and contracted out estate. A whole prison approach is encouraged, engaging all staff, all disciplines and prisoners in challenging unacceptable behaviour, problem-solving and personal safety.
	
		
			  Table 2: Recorded assault incidents in single-function young offender institutions, 2004-08 
			  Assault incidents 
			  Prison  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Ashfield 395 680 761 753 748 
			 Aylesbury 28 96 100 93 120 
			 Brinsford 360 364 197 204 352 
			 Castington 443 412 406 431 462 
			 Cookham Wood 13 5 5 7 20 
			 Deerbolt 234 199 174 194 222 
			 Feltham 751 698 596 544 648 
			 Glen Parva 273 300 387 422 510 
			 Hindley 78 149 407 548 550 
			 Huntercombe 96 110 217 306 426 
			 Lancaster Farms 213 484 428 397 347 
			 Northallerton 110 118 91 108 106 
			 Portland 166 194 170 234 193 
			 Reading 41 93 72 54 37 
			 Rochester 120 102 113 80 173 
			 Stoke Heath 280 498 578 606 561 
			 Thorn Cross 8 21 148 85 45 
			 Warren Hill 183 291 314 371 383 
			 Werrington 123 160 168 154 228 
			 Wetherby 492 568 465 393 432

Young Offender Institutions: Suicide

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of  (a) 12,  (b) 13,  (c) 14,  (d) 15,  (e) 16,  (f) 17,  (g) 18 and  (h) 19 year-olds in each young offenders institution committed suicide in each of the last five years.

Maria Eagle: Any death in prison custody is a tragic event. The Government, Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service, (NOMS) is committed to learning from such events and reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths in prison custody. NOMS has a broad, integrated and evidence-based prisoner suicide prevention and self harm management strategy that seeks to reduce the distress of all those in prison. This encompasses a wide spectrum of Prison and Department of Health work around such issues as mental health, substance misuse and resettlement. Any prisoner identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm is cared for using the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) procedures. ACCT is the prisoner-centred flexible care-planning system introduced across the prisons estate in partnership with the Department of Health during 2005-07.
	The National Offender Management Service holds two groups of offender within its young offender estate. These are young people (15 to 17-year-olds) and young adults (18 to 20-year-olds). Under-15s are not held in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs).
	The following table details the numbers of self-inflicted deaths in YOIs in each of the last five years, by age as requested.
	
		
			   Age  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
			 Lancaster Farms 151  
			 Lancaster Farms 16  1
			 Hindley 17  1
			 Aylesbury 18 1 
			 Portland 18 1 
			 Reading 18  3  1  
			 Stoke Heath 18  1
			 Brinsford 19  1  1  
			 Glen Parva 19  2  1  
			 Reading 19 1 
			 Rochester 19 1 
			 Total  3 9 0 4 1 
		
	
	It is not possible to give the percentages that these deaths represent, for each age, in each establishment and for each year. Young people and young adults account for some 2.6 per cent. and 10.5 per cent. of all prisoners respectively. The 17 deaths detailed above constitute 0.2 per cent. of under-21s.
	Under-18s are also held in secure training centres and secure children's homes. There have been two self-inflicted deaths in Secure Training Centres and Secure Children's Homes, both involving 14-year-old boys. One was the death of Adam Rickwood in Hassockfield STC in August 2004 and the other was the death of Wayne Cann at Hillside Secure Children's Home in January 1998.
	STCs and SCHs have stringent screening processes in place to assess young people's risk of suicide and self-harm (SASH) taking into account vulnerability, safeguarding and risk assessments. Young people are assessed upon admission and regularly thereafter by the relevant staff as part of their review process. Providers have robust systems to record young people's risk assessments and follow operational policies for managing those who are at risk of self-harm. Establishments regularly provide data to the YJB on all incidents of self-harm, and this information is regularly reviewed as part of the YJB's quality assurance monitoring arrangements. Local Safeguarding Children's Boards also play a key role in working together with establishments in helping address the safeguarding needs of all young people in secure settings.

Young Offenders: Sentencing

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of  (a) 12,  (b) 13,  (c) 14,  (d) 15,  (e) 16,  (f) 17,  (g) 18 and  (h) 19 year-olds who were convicted of non-violent crimes were given a community sentence in the last 12 months.

Claire Ward: The available information is found in the following table. Data for 2008 will not be available until 'Sentencing Statistics 2008' is published later in the year.
	
		
			  Percentage of persons sentenced to community sentences for non-violent indictable offences( 1) , by age, 2007 
			  Age  Percentage given community sentences 
			 10 91.5 
			 11 92.4 
			 12 88.7 
			 13 87.7 
			 14 82.9 
			 15 79.1 
			 16 72.2 
			 17 64.3 
			 18 34.7 
			 19 29.9 
			 (1) This includes all indictable offences not included in the violence against the person offence type. Summary offences have not been included as they are not categorised into violent or non-violent offences.  Notes: 1. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. 2. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: OMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	The table shows the percentage of persons aged 10 to 19 sentenced to a community sentence for non-violent indictable offences in 2007. The definition of non-violent offences are all those not included in the offences type, 'Violence Against the Person'. This data is presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.

Borders: Personal Records

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his latest estimate is of the cost of the eborders scheme; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: The gross cost of the e-Borders Programme to the Government is 1.2 billion, of which the cost of the 10 year contract is 750 million.

Crime: Alcoholic Drinks

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many  (a) cautions and  (b) arrests for alcohol-related offences there were in (i) Ashford constituency and (ii) Kent in the last eight quarters.

Alan Campbell: Information showing the number of offenders cautioned for alcohol related offences in Kent Police Force Area, 2006-07 (latest available), broken down by quarter, can be viewed in the table. Information held centrally on the Court Proceedings Database from which the data has been derived does not include information on constituencies; therefore data for Ashford constituency is not available.
	The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. Data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
	The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally. The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person and robbery.
	The alcohol related offences presented in the table are not notifiable offences and do not form part of the arrests collection. Additionally, data on arrests for the offence of 'Causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs' cannot be separately identified from the arrests for 'violence against the person' reported to the Home Office.
	
		
			  Number of offenders cautioned for alcohol related offences( 1 ) Kent Police Force Area, 2006 - 07, broken down by quarter( 2,)( )( 3,)( )( 4) 
			   Quarter 1  Quarter 2  Quarter 3  Quarter 4  Total 
			 2006 20 37 28 31 116 
			 2007 36 23 37 28 124 
			 (1) Includes offences under the: Licensing Act 1872 s.12; Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985ss.1(2)(3)(4) and 1A(2)(3)(4), 2(1)(2), 5B(2)(3), 5C(3)(4), 5D(2)(3), 6(2); Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 s. 1; Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 ss.12,17, 25(3)(a)(b), 25(4)(5), 32; Criminal Justice Act 1967 s.91; Licensing Act 1964 ss. 5C(5), 6, 6, 19, 28(3), 34, 36, 39(1)(2)(3)(4), 45, 48, 51(4), 53, 59(1)(a)(b), 71(4), 72, 84, 85(2), 89, 155(1)(a), 157(1)(a)(b), 157(1)(b), 159, 160,(1)(a)(b), 161(1)(2), 162,163,164(1)(2), 165,166(1)(a)(b), 167, 168A, 168(1)(2), 169A, 169B, 169C(1)(2)(3), 169E(1), 169F, 169G, 170,171A(1), 172, 172A, 173, 174, 175,176, 177,178, 179A(6), 179B(5)(6), 179E(8), 179H(2), 181A(1)(2)(3), 183(1)(2)(3), 184,185,186,187(3)(4), 188,193(7) Sch.8 Appendix C s. 6, Appendix D; Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 s.1; Licensing Act 2003 ss. 33, 40, 41,46,49, 56, 57, 59, 82, 83, 93, 94, 96,108,109,123,127,128, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140,141, 142, 143,144, 145, 146, 147,147A, 148,149(1)(3)(4)(7(a)(b), 150(1)(2), 151,152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 160,161,165,168, 179,197, Sch.8 paras 1 and 22; Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 ss. 11, 27; Road Traffic Act 1991 s. 3; Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 ss. 7(2), 8, 9(1)(4), 10; Town Police Clauses Act 1847 ss. 35, 61; London Hackney Carriage Act 1843 s.28; Merchant Shipping Act 1995 s.101(1)(a)(b), (4) and (5); Licensing Act 1902 ss.2. 6(2)(a)(b); Similar provisions in Local Acts; Road Traffic Act ss.4(1)(2) s.5(1)(a)(b), s.6(4), s.7(6); Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 3A, 7A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.56, Transport and Works Act 1992 S.31A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.52; Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 s.3 [Sch. Para. 2, 3(a)(b), 4(1)(2)(3), 5, 6, 7, 8(2), 9(2)]; Licensing Act 1988 s. 17,18; Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, s. 19; Children and Young Persons Act 1933 s. 5; Criminal Justice Act 1996 s. 6. (2) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. (3) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. (4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source:  Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence and Analysis Unit

Departmental Data Protection

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what IT security policy his Department has; what procedures are in place to ensure the policy is being followed; what his Department's policy is on encryption of data when it leaves departmental premises; and what sanctions are in place for failure to comply with this policy.

Phil Woolas: Information is a key asset to Government and its correct handling is vital to the delivery of public services and to the integrity of HMG. The Security Policy Framework, the Data Handling Report and the National Information Assurance Strategy produced by the Cabinet Office provide a strategic framework for protecting information that Government handle and put in place a set of mandatory measures which Departments must adhere to.
	The Home Office is compliant with the security policies contained in the Government Security Policy Framework including those for information security and assurance.
	Depending upon the circumstances, a range of sanctions are available including disciplinary or administrative action, and in extreme or persistent cases, termination of employment/services and, if appropriate, criminal proceedings.

Departmental Energy

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on energy efficiency measures for his Department's estate in each year from 2004 to 2009; what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of that expenditure; and what plans he has for future energy efficiency measures.

Phil Woolas: The Department is committed to the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate (SOGE) targets which include a reduction in absolute carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency per m(2) and action to apply the Building Research Establishments Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) to all of its own new build and major refurbishment projects.
	Data on energy efficiency expenditure is not currently recorded separately, as implementation of these measures is generally carried out as part of wider design or refurbishment programmes. Overall progress against the SOGE targets is assessed by the Sustainable Development Commission for inclusion in their annual SDiG publication.
	Recent examples of expenditure on energy efficiency include the installation of energy efficient lamps, and the upgrading of thermostatic controls to improve efficiency in certain buildings on the UK Border Agency (UKBA) estate in Croydon. Furthermore our newest office building, Vulcan House, a UKBA property, has a range of measures integrated into the design and construction to optimise energy efficiency including setting the orientation to mitigate the effects of solar gain, building fabric insulation and a thermally efficient envelope including a vegetation roof that acts as a thermal barrier in both winter and summer.
	The Department has recently signed up to the Carbon Trust Management Programme which will assist us in identifying low and no-cost measures as well as further investment opportunities to improve efficiency on our estate. This programme is supported by a staff awareness campaign. We shall also be monitoring the effectiveness of the programme.

Departmental Procurement

Mark Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of invoices his Department and its agencies paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: The Home Department has invested significantly in its people, with the creation of a professional Shared Service Centre and Procurement Centre of Excellence complemented by the creation of new processes and easy to use payment system.
	A firm focus has been applied by the Procurement Centre of Excellence in the area of prompt payment. This focus has resulted in the Department exceeding the 90 per cent. target on three occasions in the fiscal year 2008-09 and able to meet the Prime Minister's target of paying all small, medium enterprises within 10 days, announced in October 2008.
	The Department has been working closely with colleagues in BIS reporting on both our legislative obligations of 30 days as well as the 10 day PM's commitment for SMEs for correctly presented compliant invoices.
	The Department's (Home Office HQ and UKBA) performance of paying compliant invoices since the PM's announcement within 10 days is shown in the following table. The information shown for the Criminal Records Bureau and Identity and Passport Service are for all invoices received and paid as separate figures for SMEs are not retained:
	
		
			All invoices 
			   HO Headquarters and UKBA  CRB  IPS 
			  Month  SMEs, compliant invoices paid within 10 days  SMEs, percentage of invoices paid within 10 days  Number paid within 10 days  Percentage paid within 10 days  Number paid within 10 days  Percentage paid within 10 days 
			 January 2009 856 100 50 45 1,119 39 
			 February 2009 1,001 100 79 41 1,111 37 
			 March 2009 1,081 99.99 61 26 1,913 51 
		
	
	Until October 2008 the Home Department and its Executive Agencies was required to monitor and publish payment performance against a 30 day payment target.
	The first full month of formal recording against the 10 day target was November 2008 and therefore information about payment performance within 10 days is not available prior to this date.

DNA: Databases

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many young people aged under 16 years have their details recorded on the ONSET database; and how many such details have been added in the last 12 months;
	(2)  which  (a) organisations and  (b) individuals have access to the information contained in his Department's ONSET database;
	(3)  what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the ONSET database in predicting levels of future criminal activity;
	(4)  what rights of access an individual has to their personal information held on the ONSET database;
	(5)  how many people have had personal information held on his Department's ONSET database removed in each year since its inception;
	(6)  for how long personal information held on his Department's ONSET database is retained; and what criteria apply for its earlier deletion from the database;
	(7)  what his most recent estimate is of the average annual cost of the operation of his Department's ONSET database; and how much has been spent on the ONSET database since the commencement of the project.

Maria Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
	Onset is a set of assessment and referral tools designed by the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, for use by local authorities' youth offending teams to support their work to prevent crime. Onset identifies whether a child or young person would benefit from an early intervention in order to help prevent antisocial behaviour and offending.
	Onset also helps to ensure the effectiveness of the intervention by determining the risk factors that should be reduced and the protective factors that should be enhanced in any given case based on the individual's assessment. In 2008-09, youth offending teams reported to the Youth Justice Board that 15,752 children and young people had an Onset assessment.
	The profiles generated by Onset are stored on the electronic and paper record systems used by local authorities. These systems can be accessed only by the multi-agency staff working for youth offending teams, such as health workers, police officers, social workers, probation officers and housing officers. Access to and sharing of such information is subject to the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. The Youth Justice Board has issued guidance to youth offending teams on compliance with the Act and on effective record keeping and information sharing practice. Children, young people and their parents can have access to the information on request. The guidance also advises on the periods for which certain data should be retained. The length of time Onset data might be retained will depend on local authorities' own data retention policies and on issues such as whether the young person goes on to offend, the nature of the offence and the disposal applied.

Entry Clearances

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa applications from  (a) India,  (b) Sri Lanka and  (c) Zimbabwe have had their applications refused in each of the last three years; of those how many have appealed; how many such appeals have succeeded; how many decisions have been withdrawn prior to determination of the appeal; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: The number of UK visa applications refused in India and Sri Lanka in each of the calendar years 2006-08 is shown in the following table, together with the number of appeals received and appeals allowed. The same information is shown in the table for Zimbabwe, but this is based on applications made globally by Zimbabwe nationals rather than just those lodged in Zimbabwe as those data are not available.
	We are unable to readily separate applications where a decision has been revoked following receipt of an appeal from those where a decision has been revoked following an Asylum and Immigration Tribunal determination. This information could be provided only by checking individual applications and therefore at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			   2006  2007  2008 
			  India
			 Visas refused 77,291 81,234 78,458 
			 Appeals received 22,164 26,421 33,511 
			 Appeals allowed 11,696 13,181 12,740 
			 
			  Sri Lanka
			 Visas refused 8,434 8,231 7,875 
			 Appeals received 1,467 954 1,046 
			 Appeals allowed 1,184 671 547 
			 
			  Zimbabwe
			 Visas refused 7,660 6,463 6,433 
			 Appeals received 2,463 2,697 2,577 
			 Appeals allowed 741 1,186 1,110 
			  Note: These data are unpublished and should be treated as provisional.  Source: Central Reference System

Entry Clearances

Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for the UK Border Agency's Tier One (General) Category Visa Programme have been  (a) denied and  (b) subsequently upheld at appeal since the introduction of new rules on 29 February 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: As of 31 May 2009, 7,279 overseas visa applications under tier 1 (general) of the points based system had been refused. There is no right of appeal on immigration grounds against decisions to refuse visa applications under the points based system, including tier 1.

Immigration

Parmjit Dhanda: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 May 2009,  Official Report, column 667W, on immigration, if he will take steps to expedite his decision in the case with his Department's reference G1082747; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Woolas: holding answer 29 June 2009
	I wrote to the hon. Member on 27 April 2009 with the latest position on the case of G1082747 and this remains the position.

Delara Darabi

David Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the government of Iran on the execution of Delara Darabi on 1 May 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: We were appalled to learn of the execution of Delara Darabi on 1 May 2009 for a crime she had allegedly committed at the age of 17. The EU, with strong UK support, issued a declaration on 2 May 2009 condemning her execution and urging the Iranian authorities to eliminate the death penalty for juveniles from its penal code.
	In a press release issued on 7 May 2009 my predecessor, Bill Rammell, echoed these sentiments and expressed our deep sorrow at the news. Mr. Rammell also summoned the Iranian ambassador to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to condemn Ms Darabi's execution and the continued practice of executing juvenile offenders. He expressed concern at Iran's continued disregard for international human rights law; and reminded Iran of their freely undertaken obligations.
	Iran is signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, both of which unequivocally prohibit the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by those under the age of 18.

Departmental Billing

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2009,  Official Report, column 917W, on departmental billing, how much his Department's non-departmental public bodies have paid in interest under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years.

Chris Bryant: No payments of interest for late payment of commercial debts were made by Foreign and Commonwealth Office non-departmental public bodies in the last three years.

Departmental Opinion Polls

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2009,  Official Report, column 435W, on departmental opinion polls, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Survey of partners across Government.

David Miliband: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office survey of Partners Across Government 2009 has just been completed and the report is currently being finalised. Once the final report is available a copy will be placed in the Library.

Western Sahara: Fisheries

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2009,  Official Report, column 228W, on Western Sahara: fisheries, if he will make it his policy to seek the inclusion of a reference to Western Sahara in any future proposed agreement between the EU and Morocco on fisheries.

Ivan Lewis: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has no plans at present to seek the inclusion of a reference to the territory of Western Sahara in any future EU fisheries agreement with Morocco.
	Future negotiations on the expiry of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) will take into account any changes in the situation of Western Sahara that may occur before the FPA's expiry in 2011.

Sport: Essex

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department plans to provide for sport-related activities in  (a) Essex and  (b) Castle Point in 2009-10.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Sport England have advised that the total projected investment in sport in Essex and Castle Point cannot be determined at this point.
	Sport England has recently invested 120 million in national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport to deliver grassroots sport in the community for the period 2009-10. The NGBs are defining what they need for their sport at a national, regional and sub- regional level to ensure more people play and enjoy their sport. Investment will in turn be directed by NGBs into areas where they believe it will best achieve their, and Sport England's, strategic outcomes. These areas will vary from sport to sport and region to region. Essex is set to benefit when funding is released from the NGBs over the coming year.
	It is possible to say, though, that Sport England is planning to invest 2,338,411(1) in sport in Essex for the financial year 2009-10.
	This includes:
	
		
			  (i) Community projects 
			
			 Basildon Sports Village 500,000 
			 Southend on Sea Swimming Pool 500,000 
			 Sport at Mark Hall School 278,138 
			 Thorpe Bay Yacht Club 67,794 
		
	
	 (ii) Sport Unlimited
	Sport Unlimited is an integral part of the Government's PE and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP)the five hour offer. The overall aim of Sport Unlimited is to increase opportunities for Children and Young People aged five to 19 to participate regularly in sport.
	It will do this by providing a range of attractive and sustainable opportunities in sporting activities for young people from the 'semi sporty population segment' to take part in out of school hours during term time and will focus on out of school hours and 'club' activities both within school and community settings.
	In Essex and Castle Point, approximately 344,425 is currently assigned this financial year to deliver projects across the city.
	 (iii) Step into Sport
	Focuses on young people aged 14 to 19, giving them opportunities to become involved in sports leadership and volunteering and encouraging them to continue this into later life. The programme is funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport as part of the PESSYP strategy, which is revitalising PE and school sport across the country. Essex has been awarded 22,000 for 2009-10.
	 (iv) Free Swimming
	Castle Point has been allocated 110,062 of funding under the Free Swimming Programme and Colchester borough council have been awarded 105,705 of funding for the refurbishment of fitness pool facilities at Colchester Leisure World.
	(1) This is taken from Sport England's annual projected cash flow and may not be the actual figure at the end of this financial year as some organisations may not draw down the required funds until 2010-11.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 485W, on departmental public expenditure, which projects funded by the Returns and Reintegration Fund counted as official development assistance; what the cost of each project was; and if he will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: I have been asked to reply.
	One Returns and Reintegration Fund project counts as official development assistance. The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders and Deported Persons programme supports the Jamaican Department for Correctional Services in rehabilitating and reintegrating Jamaican ex-offenders including former Jamaican prisoners returning from the UK. The project's aim is to reduce reoffending and improve security in Jamaica, and thereby to remove one of the main constraints to long-term economic development.
	The total budget for this three year project is 2.97 million, with 2.035 million currently being financed from the fund. Project spend in financial year 2008-09 was approximately 170,000.

Pakistan: International Assistance

Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent estimate has been made of the number of humanitarian  (a) groups and  (b) workers operating in Peshawar; and what recent assessment has been made of their capacity to meet the need for humanitarian assistance in that region.

Michael Foster: There are approximately 55 international humanitarian agencies working in the North West Frontier Province supporting those displaced by conflict. Many of these agencies have staff based or visiting Peshawar, but most are primarily based in Islamabad. The Department for International Development (DFID) has not made an estimate of the number of humanitarian workers based in Peshawar as it is not an effective indicator of humanitarian capacity for operating in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) more generally.

Parliamentary Questions: Government Responses

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he plans to answer Question 272379, on official development assistance, tabled on 28 April 2009.

Michael Foster: Question 272379 has been transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for answer. A response will be issued shortly.

Apprentices

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people in apprenticeships became unemployed in  (a) the last six months for which figures are available and  (b) the six-month period a year before that six-month period.

Kevin Brennan: We do not currently hold data centrally about the total number of apprentices made redundant. Arrangements are in place from 1 August 2009 onwards to record the number of apprentices who are made redundant. Working with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) we have established a matching service to help apprentices at risk of redundancy to find alternative employment and to complete their apprenticeship. More generally, providers and the LSC have procedures to advise and relocate apprentices, in cases where providers or employers fail, to help ensure that
	they are able to continue in work and complete their apprenticeship. The 140 million package announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister for an additional 35,000 apprenticeship places will help fund new provision in both the public sector and private sector, and will extend the opportunities available to people facing redundancy.

Hebrides Range

Angus MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the relocation of operations away from the Hebrides Range.

Jim Murphy: I discuss a variety of issues with Ministry of Defence ministerial colleagues including the Secretary of State. I also hosted a meeting of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Davies) and the Western Isles Council established task group today at Dover House.

Homelessness

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many private dwellings were being leased by  (a) registered social landlords and  (b) local authorities for the purpose of housing homeless households in the latest quarter for which figures are available.

Ian Austin: Information about English local housing authorities' actions under the homelessness legislation (part 7 of the Housing Act 1996) is collected quarterly at local authority level.
	Data collected includes the number of households accepted by local housing authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and therefore owed a main homelessness duty (to secure that suitable accommodation is available). If a settled home is not immediately available, the authority must secure temporary accommodation until a settled home becomes so.
	The number of households housed in temporary accommodation by local authorities as at the last day of each quarter, is also collected. This figure consists of those households which have been accepted as owed the main homelessness duty; those for which inquiries are pending; those being accommodated for a limited period because they have been found intentionally homeless and in priority need; those being accommodated pending possible referral to another authority; and those being accommodated pending the outcome of a local authority review or county court appeal.
	The latest figures for the number of households housed in temporary accommodation leased from the private sector by  (a) registered social landlords and  (b) local authorities are shown as follows:
	
		
			  Number of households in temporary accommodation arranged under homelessness legislation, leased from the private sector by registered social landlords (RSLs) and local authorities (LAs), as at 31 March 2009 
			  Type of temporary accommodation  Number of households 
			 Private sector leased by RSL 11,700 
			 Private sector leased by LA 25,750 
			  Source: CLG P1E returns (quarterly)

Housing: Energy

Jeff Ennis: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes classified as energy-efficient have been built in Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency in each of the last five years.

Ian Austin: All new homes built in England in the last five years have been required to meet the energy efficiency standards set out in Part L of the Building Regulations. The Part L standard for new homes was raised by 25 per cent. in 2002 and by a further 20 per cent. in 2006. This requirement will progressively increase leading up to the target for all new homes to be zero carbon from 2016. The following table shows the total number of new build dwellings in the Yorkshire and Humberside region for each year from 2004-2005 onwards.
	
		
			   Number 
			 2004-05 14,190 
			 2005-06 16,040 
			 2006-07 16,250 
			 2007-08 15,670 
			 2008-09 11,250 
		
	
	The Government's Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) provides an energy rating for new dwellings by demonstrating compliance with Part L of the Building Regulations. In general, homes built to current Part L correspond with SAP ratings of B or C. Some homes are built to exceed minimum regulatory standards, for example as a result of building to the Code for Sustainable Homes.
	SAP is used to generate Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for new build dwellings. From 6 April 2008, it became mandatory to lodge all SAP EPCs for new build dwellings on the England and Wales Domestic EPC Register. In the constituency of Barnsley East and Mexborough 177 SAP EPC lodgements were made in 2008 and 47 SAP EPC lodgements have been made in 2009 up to and including 25 June.

Departmental Internet

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 2288-89W, on the departmental internet, how many  (a) unique visitors and  (b) page impressions were received by each website in each of the last 12 months.

Patrick McFadden: In the period March 2008-February 2009 unique visitors and page impressions for the core BERR website:
	
		
			   Unique visitors  Page impressions 
			 March 2008 511,536 2,385,231 
			 April 2008 512,422 2,443,138 
			 May 2008 532,300 2,480,333 
			 June 2008 563,267 2,694,709 
			 July 2008 587,369 2,840,968 
			 August 2008 516,080 2,372,979 
			 September 2008 641,686 2,932,840 
			 October 2008 753,954 3,648,423 
			 November 2008 676,204 3,452,227 
			 December 2008 546,116 2,584,510 
			 January 2009 796,574 3,770,379 
			 February 2009 690,263 3,238,879 
		
	
	Other websites operated by the Department are not centrally managed. Information on visitor numbers and page impressions for these sites is not centrally held and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Domestic Appliances: Safety

Gordon Banks: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what reports he has received of the recommendations in relation to the sale of blinds with looped cords made in the determination made by Sheriff Mackie on 29 May 2009 in respect of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Muireann McLaughlin; and if he will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan: holding answer 22 June 2009
	My Department has received both the Sheriffs determination and a summary of the fatal accident inquiry. Officials are carefully considering the recommendations made and how best to deal with them. I have no plans to make a statement.

Evening Standard: Sales

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on what dates since 1 January 2007  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials in his Department and its predecessors have had discussions with (i) Lord Rothermere, (ii) Matthew Freud and (iii) Freud Communications, with particular reference to ownership of the London  Evening Standard.

Kevin Brennan: holding answer 25 June 2009
	Neither Ministers nor officials have had discussions with Lord Rothermere, Matthew Freud and Freud Communications in reference to the ownership of the  Evening Standard

Minimum Wage

Jamie Reed: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the number of businesses in  (a) each district in Cumbria and  (b) the UK using tips as a means of ensuring their employees receive the national minimum wage; what estimate his Department has made of (i) the number of employees involved and (ii) the monetary value of such tips in the last 12 months; what steps his Department plans to take on the matter; and what assessment has been made of the effects of the practice on expenditure on benefits.

Patrick McFadden: It is not possible to provide an estimate of the number of businesses in  (a) each Cumbrian district, and  (b) in the UK, using tips as a means of ensuring their employees receive the national minimum wage as this data is not collected.
	Using the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings we have estimated that (i) the number of employees who could be receiving tips to make up wages to the national minimum wage is around 60,000 and (ii) the monetary value of such tips to be 82 million per year.
	The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for benefit payments. DWP has not made an assessment of the effects of the practice on expenditure on benefits as to do so could be done only at disproportionate cost.
	From 1 October 2009 we will be amending National Minimum Wage regulations so that tips can no longer be used to pay national minimum wage.

Cancer: Health Services

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the graph in figure 15 of page 119 of his Department's Cancer Reform Strategy, published on 3 December 2007, how much and what proportion of funding has been spent under each heading in each year since 1997-98.

Ann Keen: The information requested is not routinely available.
	The estimated total national health service spend on cancer care represented in the graph on page 119 of the Cancer Reform Strategy was an analysis commissioned specifically for inclusion in the Strategy. It was based on a wide range of data from 2005-06, and the sources of this data are quoted in the Strategy. An estimated NHS spend on cancer care under the same categories of that graph is not available for any other years, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Cardiovascular System: Screening

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  when he expects the national awareness-raising campaign for vascular checks to commence;
	(2)  what further work his Department is undertaking on the choice of delivery options and roll-out plans for its vascular checks programme;
	(3)  pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North Norfolk of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2165W, on cardiovascular system: screening, whether his Department is monitoring the settings from which vascular checks are being commissioned in each primary care trust area; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: The Government are committed to raising awareness but will consider the exact timing in light of the progress of implementing NHS Health Checks so as not to raise expectations before they can be fully met.
	The Department published Putting prevention firstvascular checks: risk assessment and managementnext steps guidance for primary care trusts on vascular checks in November 2008. It states that:
	'It is important that PCTs devise and use a model (of delivery) that is best suited to their population and that when doing so they consider tackling health inequalities that exist within their area'.
	A copy of this document has been placed in the Library.
	To ensure that the NHS Health Check programme is accessible to all those eligible, and to help reduce health inequalities, it has been designed so that the basic risk assessment and management components are suitable to be undertaken in a variety of settings, for example pharmacies and community centres as well as general practitioner (GP) practices. This means that people who are not in touch regularly with formal health care, particularly GP services, will be encouraged to access the checks at convenient locations and times. In addition to the guidance which the Department has already issued to primary care trusts (PCTs), it has been working with PCTs, through the Learning Network hosted by NHS Improvement, to help ensure that the experience and learning of developing and implementing different delivery models for the checks is shared across the country. The evaluation will consider the contribution that different providers of NHS Health Checks make to the delivery of the programme.

Departmental Billing

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2009,  Official Report, column 113W, on departmental billing, how much his Department's non-departmental public bodies have paid in interest under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 in the last three years.

Phil Hope: The information is shown in the following table.
	
		
			   
			  Non-departmental public bodies  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Alcohol Education Research Council 0 0 0 
			 Appointments Commission 0 0 0 
			 Care Quality Commission (With effect 1 September 2008) n/a n/a 0 
			 Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence 0 0 0 
			 General Social Care Council 0 0 0 
			 Health Protection Agency 0 0 0 
			 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority 0 99.88 0 
			 Human Tissue Authority 0 0 0 
			 Health and Social Care Information Centre 1,592.00 100.00 339.00 
			 Monitor 0 0 0 
			 National Patient Safety Agency 0 0 302.71 
			 NHS Blood and Transplant 0 0 0 
			 NHS Business Services Agency 0 0 0 
			 NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement 0 674.98 0 
			 NHS Litigation Authority 0 0 0 
			 NHS Professionals(1) 0 0 500.00 
			 National Institute Health and Clinical Excellence 0 0 0 
			 National Treatment Agency for Substance misuse 0 0 0 
			 Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board 0 0 0 
			 (1 )NHS Professionals are unable to specify exact amounts without disproportionate work, but it is known to be less than 500.

Heart Diseases: Health Services

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2009,  Official Report, column 473W, on heart diseases: health services, how many finished consultant episodes for congenital heart disease in those aged 16 years and older there were in each hospital trust in 2007-08.

Ann Keen: A table which shows how many finished consultant episodes for congenital heart disease for those aged 16 and over, by hospital provider, in 2007-08, has been placed in the Library.

NHS: Death Rates

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 11 May 2009,  Official Report, column 628W, on NHS: death rates, what the names are of the trusts concerned in each of the 85 alerts.

Mike O'Brien: The Care Quality Commission, which took over from the Healthcare Commission on 1 April 2009, has informed us that they intend to publish information on alerts, including the names of the trusts involved, once the case is closed. A case is closed once the alert has been reviewed and concluded upon and any necessary action plan is in place. 75 out of the 85 alerts are closed and the Care Quality Commission will publish this information within the next few weeks.

NHS: Finance

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009,  Official Report, column 494, on NHS debts, what the amount is of each loan provided by his Department to NHS trusts; what interest rate is payable on each; and what the expected redemption date is of each.

Mike O'Brien: The Department makes loans for capital investment and for working capital to national health service trusts. Details of originating loan amount, associated interest rate and expected redemption date for each outstanding loans are given in the following table.
	
		
			  Loan value, interest rate and expected redemption date on current loans to NHS trusts from the Department of Health 
			  NHS  t rust name  Original loan value (000)  National loan fund rate( 1)  (percentage)  Expected full settlement date( 2) 
			 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 3,000 4.85 15 March 2018 
			 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Trust 3,480 4.86 15 September 2015 
			 Rob Jones and a Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust 500 4.85 15 September 2017 
			 North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust 700 4.88 15 March 2015 
			 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 7,500 4.19 15 March 2018 
			 Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust 6,141 4.19 15 March 2018 
			 West Hertfordshire NHS Trust 13,500 5.40 15 March 2018 
			 West Hertfordshire NHS Trust 13,500 5.40 15 March 2018 
			 Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust 7,000 4.88 15 September 2013 
			 South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust 3,454 4.88 15 September 2013 
			 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 8,000 4.85 15 September 2018 
			 Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2,460 2.82 15 March 2014 
			 East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust 1,500 3.48 15 March 2019 
			 South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust 3,551 3.48 15 March 2019 
			 Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 12,300 3.65 15 March 2029 
			 Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 800 2.69 15 March 2019 
			 Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust 7,900 2.69 15 March 2019 
			 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 7,000 2.69 15 March 2019 
			 North Cumbria Acute Hospital NHS Trust 400 5.10 15 March 2022 
			 Scarborough and North East Yorks NHS Trust 765 5.20 15 March 2012 
			 St George Healthcare NHS Trust 250 5.20 15 March 2012 
			 Western Sussex NHS Trust 1,063 5.15 15 March 2015 
			 North Cumbria Acute Hospital NHS Trust 400 4.34 15 March 2022 
			 Scarborough and North East Yorks NHS Trust 764 3.98 15 March 2012 
			 St George Healthcare NHS Trust 4,550 3.98 15 March 2012 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust 1,782 3.97 15 March 2011 
			 Western Sussex NHS Trust 1,063 4.07 15 March 2015 
			 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 4,888 4.01 15 March 2013 
			 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 2,597 1.16 15 March 2011 
			 Western Area NHS Trust 800 . 1.40 15 March 2012 
			 East Cheshire NHS Trust 7,000 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust 1,700 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 12,000 5.20 15 March 2022 
			 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust 6,500 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 Scarborough and North East Yorks NHS Trust 7,646 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 10,896 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 18,500 5.35 15 March 2015 
			 Rob Jones and a Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust 3,400 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 3,279 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 6,800 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 25,000 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 12,299 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Trust 6,300 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 23,400 5.35 15 March 2014 
			 West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 1,950 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 23,400 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 13,650 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 11,200 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 7,800 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 15,000 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust 26,294 5.30 15 March 2016 
			 Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust 11,000 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 St George's Healthcare NHS Trust 34,000 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 23,830 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 17,500 5.45 15 March 2011 
			 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 14,000 5.50 15 March 2010 
			 Western Sussex NHS Trust 17,005 5.35 15 March 2015 
			 Western Sussex NHS Trust 23,000 5.20 15 March 2021 
			 Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust 14,700 5.40 15 March 2013 
			 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 56,000 4.95 15 March 2032 
			 East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust 4,000 5.45 15 March 2011 
			 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 29,322 5.40 15 March 2013 
			 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 25,000 5.45 15 March 2011 
			 Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 5,000 5.45 15 March 2011 
			 Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust 19,986 5.40 15 March 2013 
			 Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust 38,000 5.05 15 March 2027 
			 North Bristol NHS Trust 52,000 5.05 15 March 2027 
			 Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust 5,000 5.45 15 March 2012 
			 Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust 3,000 4.19 15 March 2018 
			 Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 31,400 5.29 15 March 2011 
			 University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 16,000 5.31 15 March 2013 
			 Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 5,500 5.31 15 March 2013 
			 Weston Area Health Authority 14,300 5.32 15 March 2015 
			 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 46,125 5.32 15 March 2015 
			 West Middlesex University NHS Trust 17,000 5.31 15 March 2013 
			 West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 5,000 4.69 15 September 2013 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 2,000 0.82 15 September 2009 
			 East Cheshire NHS Trust 2,533 2.39 15 March 2017 
			 (1) Fixed for term (2) Redemption date

NHS: Manpower

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what central agreements the NHS has entered into for the supply of temporary workers to NHS organisations; what rates of pay have been set through such central agreements; and how many temporary staff have been employed through them.

Ann Keen: The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) has negotiated the following national framework agreements on behalf of the national health service:
	Medical Locums;
	Nursing;
	Allied Health Professionals and Health Science Service staff;
	Professional and Administrative Services; and
	Ancillary
	All agreements for temporary staffing negotiated by NHS PASA are subject to national conditions and terms of contract, which are designed to protect the NHS. All participating national framework suppliers are required to commit to and sign up to the national terms negotiated.
	NHS PASA framework agreements are not mandated for use within the NHS and trusts at their own discretion can elect to establish their own local contractual arrangements for the supply of temporary staff.
	Due to the NHS being the predominant purchaser of clinical temporary staff, these central agreements are not able to set the rates of pay for such temporary staff. However, Framework Agencies have undergone a public procurement process that encourages ensures that the hourly pay rates awarded are:
	cost effective and best value for money for the NHS;
	competitive within the marketplace; and that they are
	sustainable, in terms of Framework Agency resilience during challenging economic climates and attractiveness to the temporary staff employed.
	There is therefore a range of hourly pay rates available through these central agreements and it is the choice of the NHS body to determine which Framework Agency or other temporary staff provider used to meet their local requirements. These rates do not contravene any Minimum Wage Act or Equal Pay Act legislative compliance.
	Information on the number of staff supplied through the framework agreements is not collected centrally but the number of hours supplied to the NHS through the frameworks over a 12 month period from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 (data provided is an extrapolation of data provided from 1 April 2008 to 31 December 2008) is in the following table.
	
		
			   Number 
			 Medical locums 2,696,341 
			 Nursing 6,087,209 
			 Allied Health Professionals 1,999,240 
			 Health Science Service Staff 1,013,188 
			 Professional and Administrative Services 15,633,410 
			 Ancillary 1,258,342 
		
	
	NHS PASA do not collect data from non-framework agencies, so this data does not provide coverage of NHS trusts electing not to use their framework agreements or local procurement arrangements.

NHS: Manpower

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when NHS Employers entered into an agreement with Solace Enterprises to provide the NHS Flexible Resourcing Service; how much has been spent by each NHS organisation on interim staff employed through the service; and how many interim staff have been employed by each NHS organisation through the service.

Ann Keen: The Department does not collect this data centrally. This is a matter for NHS Employers.

NHS: Standards

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of central targets which the NHS has to meet.

Mike O'Brien: The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2009-10 set no new national targets. On 30 June 2009, my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lord Darzi) published High Quality Care for All: Our journey so far, which confirmed our intention to minimise the burden on frontline staff by reducing unnecessary data collection and removing obsolete targets and commitments.

Thrombosis: Hospitals

John Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2009,  Official Report, columns 80-4W, on death certificates, what estimate he has made of the proportion of cases of fatal thrombosis which have been acquired during a hospital stay; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: The information is not currently available. We are working with the Office for National Statistics on this issue.